Canvas is updated every month with new features and fixes. The Macomb CTL posts new release highlights to our blog at emacomb.com. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you have questions about Canvas releases.
April 18 Release
Please watch the New Feature Screencast for a review of the updates in this release:
Limit Assignment Submission Attempts
Starting April 18, instructors may limit students to a specified number of an attempts for an assignment. Similar functionality has been available for Quizzes, and now Assignments may be “closed” after a set number of submissions.
Rubrics Now in Course Navigation
The Rubrics button has been moved to the Course Navigation menu:
The change intends to make workflow more intuitive and to access Rubrics more quickly. (Previously, the Manage Rubrics area was located in the Outcomes page, although outcomes are never required to use a rubric.)
Course Summary Visibility on Syllabus page
Instructors may now remove the Course Summary from the Syllabus page – that is, the list of Assignments that automatically generates on the Syllabus page when you add Assignments. Simply uncheck the “Show Course Summary” box from the Edit Syllabus screen, and the list of assignments will be removed.
This gives instructors more control over how and where their assignments are displayed. (From March 21 release)
The complete production release notes for this release are available on the Canvas Community.
The next Canvas production release will be available Saturday, May 16, with release notes available Monday, April 20.
Images on this page are from the Canvas Guides and Release Notes, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Agreement.
January 26 Canvas Release
Canvas is updated every third Saturday with new features and fixes. The Macomb CTL posts highlights from the production release notes and related content to our blog at emacomb.com. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you have any questions about Canvas releases.
January 26 Release
Please view the New Feature Screencast for a demonstration of the updates in this release:
Rubric Comments Enhancement
Instructors may now add comments to rubric criteria directly from SpeedGrader.
This update will allow instructors to edit their rubric comments while using the same rubric to grade assignments in SpeedGrader.
Note that this update refers to comments on the rubric criteria, not comments on the student’s assignment.
Learning Outcome Mastery
NOTE: This update only applies for instructors and students who have opted into the Learning Mastery Gradebook. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you’d like to test this feature.
The total score for a particular learning outcome in a course will now be displayed if at least one of the assignments does not have hidden point values.
For example, because all asignments’ point values are hidden in the rubric for Week 7 Journal, you do not see X /5 – only Mastered or Not Mastered.
This change will make it easier to view a student’s progress towards mastery when at least one of the outcome’s assignments shows a point value.
Moderated Grading: Assignments Editable by Viewer
NOTE: The Moderated Grading feature is not yet active at the Macomb institutional level. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you’d like to test this feature.
If your assignment uses Moderated Grading, any grader who is able to view the Grade Summary page will now able to edit the assignment.
This update will allow graders who have not been designated by the instructor as the final grader to edit assignments. This will simplify the process for nonfinal and noninstructor graders to modify assignment details throughout the course.
The complete production release notes for this release are available on the Canvas LMS Community.
The next Canvas release will be deployed Saturday, February 16, with release notes available Monday, February 4.
Images on this page are from the Canvas Guides, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Agreement.
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